At Last An Up-date: Halloween thru February

9 Months old

I have been very laxed on up-dating the blog. It has been on my to do list but kept getting pushed down the list. Well there will be more pictures than words (which is what most people want to see anyways) but here is a brief overview of the past few months.

Christmas:
Anastassia's first Christmas was a lot of fun. She of course had no idea what was going on but she received many nice gifts. We went up to Ohio after Christmas for a few days and saw all of Jennifer's sibling and their kids. Anastassia was able to meet all her cousins and had a good time. It was a bit crazy with 6 kids under the age of 6 but everyone had fun.

January:
Anastassia surprised mom with a visit to her office with cupcakes for her birthday and a party hat all dressed up in her party dress. (Daddy knows how to get on mommy's good side). We were also surprised with a visit from great-Nanny who was on her way to CA for the winter. It was nice to see Nanny again.

Anastassia got her first ear infection right after Christmas but did well (we thought) on the meds.

February:
Anastassia got her second and quickly followed by her third ear infection. Hopefully this will do it for sickness for awhile.
Anastassia moved up to the tiny toddler room at daycare. Mommy was a bit reluctant when it was mentioned to her back in December about moving her to the next room but she eventually agreed to the move and Anastassia loves it. They paint or do crafts every day, they have music and Spanish once a week and are learning sign language. Also the kids in this room are all in the process of turning 1 and the daycare has party for them so she gets to have a party almost everyday with party hats and cupcakes. Anastassia is not crawling yet but in the past week she has already improved and will probably have it mastered by month end.

We tried to have a 9 month check-up but due to still having an ear infection, we had to re-schedule the appointment but Anastassia was weighed. She now weighs 20 lbs (1 lb gain in 3 months) and is 28.25 inches long (she grew 2 inches in the past 3 months)

Enjoy the pictures!

Jennifer, Mike and Anastassia

Wearing Daddy's Santa hat from when he was little

Swimming lessons with Alex - he was born 3 days after Anastassia and lives down the street from us

Learning to swim

Climbing out of the pool

Riding the Pink Pig train in Atlanta

Figuring out this peek-a-boo game

My new funny face

I can sit on my own now!

Christmas morning!!

Look at all the toys!!

Giving daddy a Christmas hug

"JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS..."

This paper does not taste as good as it looks

I like my new hat

Daddy's gift to Anastassia - hope she likes soccer

Christmas - part 2 in Ohio

Playing with the Christmas train with cousin Christopher and grandpa

Matching hats - HO! HO! HO!

Playing with cousin Aiden (he is 2 months older)

OK let me explain to you how grandma works..
(Joshua, Theo, Christopher)

Most bow won't stay in my hair but this one does

Smile for the camera (if you want to or not)

Practicing standing

I'm so cute

Spring training can't come soon enough

SAFE!!

Visiting mommy at work for her birthday

My MILF starter suit

I am still learning how to eat

Yeah, Great-Nanny is here!!!

Playing with cousins Jocelyn and Riley

practicing my walking outside

Hanging with great Nanny

Playing with Riley and Jocelyn

Bye-Bye Nanny have a good trip

Can I play with the toys outside of the toy box?

Valentine's Day Candy

My card from Daddy

My bike helmet for riding in the bike cart

Savannah weekend

6 1/2 months old

W spent the weekend in Savannah with Mike's parents and some friends from NC. Mike and I did the Savannah River Bridge Run 10K while Mike's parents babysat. Anastassia also had her first visit with Santa Clause and was very excited and not scared at all.

Starting the 10K

Post-race picture

First Santa hat

Practice run with pretend Santa

Attempting to watch parade - she fell asleep as the parade started and even slept through the marching bands for about 30 mins

Anastassia woke up for half the parade

The real Santa

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Here are some pictures to up-date you on our happenings!

10K run or ride on Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

So that is what Thanksgiving dinner is all about!

First attempt at Jello

Post Thanksgiving dinner

Trying on daddy's hat

I can use the regular tub now

6 months old

Anastassia celebrated her 1/2 birthday this past week, turning 6 months old on 11/19/08. Oh how far we have come!

Anastassia started swimming lessons last week. Mike and I are switching days to take her to the lessons and he got the first week. Luckily one of the moms I met during the summer was also in the class and her husband took some pictures for us. Anastassia has also started eating cereal and fruits and vegetables. Thus far we have not found a food she did not like!

Anastassia just had her 6 months doctor appt today and here are her stats:

Weight 18.6 lbs - 86.2%tile
Length 26.5 in - 77.38%tile
Head circumference 17.5 in - 93.18%tile - She has a big brain!

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and then getting ready for Christmas which should be fun!

First swimming lesson with dad

Pop goes the weasel!

Learn to paddle

First meal in the highchair

I'm not sure about this?

Mommy will give it a try

Then daddy will try...

But I think I have this feeding thing figured out!

Green beans are good!

Halloween

Anastassia had a nice Halloween (except falling asleep at 7:30). There was a costume parade at daycare and we attempted to hand out candy at home. She really liked the costumes and seeing all the kids. Maybe next year, we will actually go out trick-or-treating.

Our Little Lobster

Trying to escape

Where did Anastassia go?

Hanging out with the scarecrow

I am learning to sit up on my own

I said I was still learning!